Re: Issues w/ Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG

[Alnie <alnieb@yahoo.com>]

On 02/24/2015 11:48 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:32:53 -0800,
> Alnie wrote:
>>
>> On 02/24/2015 11:06 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>> At Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:51:41 -0800,
>>> Alnie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 02/24/2015 10:28 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>>> [Please don't top-post]
>>>>>
>>>>> At Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:37:18 +0000 (UTC),
>>>>> Alnie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just submitted this...
>>>>>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b49e28f0fdd3120b3c222b4ff377c3e290baf497
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although, I do agree the problem seems deeper than the driver. Could be something unique to my laptop/hardware. Although, as I've mentioned, the card has been working fine in Win 7. I double checked my BIOS and it's at latest version. Based on what I've seen, I feel a bit hopeless trying to reach out to Creative Labs about this. Do you think that would be a worthwhile endeavor?
>>>>>
>>>>> What kind of card is it, BTW?  When looking at your original post, I
>>>>> noticed that the card provides its own PCI bridge and there is no
>>>>> kernel driver binding to it.
>>>>>
>>>>>     05:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>>>>>           Physical Slot: 3
>>>>>           Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>>>>           Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=36
>>>>>           Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f43fffff
>>>>>           Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
>>>>>           Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/16 Maskable- 64bit+
>>>>>           Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0040
>>>>>           Capabilities: [90] Express PCI-Express to PCI/PCI-X Bridge, MSI 00
>>>>>           Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>>>>>
>>>>>     06:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG
>>>>>           Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1040
>>>>>           Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
>>>>>           Memory at f4300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>>>>           Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 3
>>>>>           Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Takashi
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it's an expresscard 54 audio card. more details...
>>>> http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/creative-soundblaster-x-fi-xtreme-audio-for-notebook-review/
>>>
>>> OK.  Could you show the lspci -nv output, too?  Usually some pcie
>>> hotplug driver (either pcieport, shpchp, acpiphp, etc) should be bound
>>> to a PCI bridge device.  Check the kernel message.  You might see
>>> something related there...
>>>
>>>
>>> Takashi
>>>
>>
>> 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:293e (rev 03)
>> 	Subsystem: 17aa:20f2
>> 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>> 	Memory at fc420000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>> 	Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>> 	Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
>> 	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>> 	Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
>> 	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
>>
>> 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2940 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>> 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
>> 	I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
>> 	Memory behind bridge: c0000000-c01fffff
>> 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0200000-00000000c03fffff
>> 	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
>> 	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
>> 	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: 17aa:20f3
>> 	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
>> 	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>> 	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
>> 	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>
>> 00:1c.3 0604: 8086:2946 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>> 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
>> 	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
>> 	Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f7efffff
>> 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4000000-00000000f40fffff
>> 	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
>> 	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
>> 	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: 17aa:20f3
>> 	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
>> 	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>> 	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
>> 	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>
>> 00:1c.4 0604: 8086:2948 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>> 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=14, sec-latency=0
>> 	I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
>> 	Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbffffff
>> 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f4100000-00000000f41fffff
>> 	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
>> 	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
>> 	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: 17aa:20f3
>> 	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
>> 	Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>> 	Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
>> 	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>
> Doesn't contain your sound card.  Please give the full output after
> plugging the card.  (Better to run "lspci -nvk")
>
>> [    0.476508] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 24 for MSI/MSI-X
>> [    0.476709] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
>> [    0.476901] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
>> [    0.477063] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME
>> interrupt
>> [    0.477140] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: Signaling PME through PCIe PME
>> interrupt
>> [    0.477316] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: Signaling PME through PCIe PME
>> interrupt
>
> Also give the full output of dmesg after plugging.
>
>
> Takashi
>

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